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Map of the Great Glen Fault and other late Caledonian strike-slip faults in Scotland and northwestern Ireland. The Great Glen Fault is a strike-slip fault that runs through the Great Glen in Scotland. Occasional moderate tremors have been recorded over the past 150 years.
The Great Glen hosts the most prominent fault in the British Isles, the Great Glen Fault. It originated towards the end of the Caledonian Orogeny (around 430-390 million years ago), and cuts diagonally across the Highlands from Fort William to Inverness.
Sep 13, 2024 · A popular conceptual tectonic model envisages the Great Glen Fault to be part of a sinistral strike-slip system active during the mid-Silurian to early Devonian with c. 700 km of displacement.
In the middle of the 19th century, geologists identified the Great Glen as the location of an ancient fault line, detailing a normal sense of displacement of at least 1000 m of downthrow on its SE side (as reported by Kennedy 1946).
Aug 12, 2024 · A popular conceptual tectonic model envisages the Great Glen Fault to be part of a sinistral strike-slip system active during the mid-Silurian through early Devonian with c. 700 km of displacement.
THE powerful dislocation which intersects Scotland in a north-east and south-west direction along the line of the Great Glen has usually been interpreted by geologists as a normal fault...
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The California Geological Survey's interactive geological map allows users to identify the different rock types and fault lines throughout California. In addition to the web viewer, the GIS data can be downloaded for further use.
